- Hello, Jeff -
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- You and I have discussed this possibility for many months,
maybe even longer. The people must vulnerable are the immune surpressed,
elderly and very young.
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- This information must get out. People forget that in
the 50s, 60s and 70s a good amount of population was already immunized
against smallpox, as well as the fact that CFS, ME, HCV, HIV was nonexistant
or only a small percent of population had autoimmune disease. The current
status is a largely nonvaccinated population and overwhelming amount of
folks with either autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, CFS, etc etc or viral
diseases like HIV, HCV, HBV. The numbers of contact vaccinia cases will
be large and the numbers of death and severe illness from the vaccine itself
will be unacceptable.
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- One other factor NOT being addressed is density of population.
In the past 20 years there has been unprecidented "urban sprawl."
This means that once rural areas are now densely populated townhouses,
condominiums, garden apartements and the cities have grown massive populations.
Density of population means that diseases, like contact vaccinia and other
viruses and contagions will be more likely to spread.
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- School overcrowding, also a factor of "Urban Sprawl,"
will enable the pathogens to spread and school children returning home
will likely infect households. We have seen the numbers re influenza cases
rise dramatically even with the increase in flu vaccinated individuals.
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- I failed to understand why epidemiologists are not looking
at density of population factor. Thus far, I have been the only one looking
at Smallpox vaccination/contact vaccinia and density of population factor.
Increased population, is, indeed going to increase numbers of contact vaccinia.
I believe that population density factors have played a part in many emerging
infectious diseases, only experts are NOT looking at it as a factor.
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- Population density is also a large factor in spread of
vectored infectious diseases, such as Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus, etc.,
etc.
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- Another problem in vectored disease spread is the proximity
of people to wildlife. If a population becomes dense in areas that were
once wildlife areas, then we see spread of zoonotic diseases increase as
well as insect-vectored diseases.
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- At this time, my main concern is the density of population
factor as it relates to contact vaccinia. I would hope that the so-called
experts would address this real concern.
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- Patricia
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